Voice Recording:By Lord Darth Sidious

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声音来源：来自达斯·西迪厄斯尊主

Location: Coruscant地点：科洛桑

I regret to announce that Lord Maul was wrong.A Sith Lord can be defeated if he is an apprentice who falls victim to his belief in his own invincibility.

我很遗憾地宣布，摩尔尊主错了。一个西斯尊主可以被打败，如果他是一个学徒且相信自己是无敌的。

I take up the task of completing the journal of my deceased apprentice,Lord Darth Maul.Here I shall record what I learned of his death at the hands of the Jedi,Obi-Wan Kenobi.

我接受了这一使命，完成我已故的学徒达斯·摩尔尊主的日记。我将记录下我从他死于绝地欧比旺·克诺比之手一事中得到的教训。

Lord Maul's information was correct: the Queen and a small force had invaded the central hangar.Their object was to steal back Naboo starfighters in order to knock out the orbiting Droid Control Ship.This should have been clear to Maul.He should have prevented the ships from taking off.Instead,he focused on the Jedi.These were his orders,but he should have realized a shift in plan was called for.

摩尔尊主的情报是正确的：女王和一支小部队袭击了主机库。他们的目标是偷回星际战斗机以击破纳布轨道上的机器人控制舰。他们应该被摩尔消灭。他应当阻止那些飞船起飞。但他将注意力集中在了绝地身上。那的确是他的任务，但他应该认识到，在需要的时候计划是可以改变的。

My apprentice was worthy,but he was never flexible.He focused on the Jedi for personal revenge.I had drilled single-mindedness into my apprentice from an early age.I did not expect it would become a failing.

我的学徒很有价值，但他从来不懂得变通。他为了私人恩怨而专注于绝地。我过早地为他灌注了过于单一的思维方式。我没有料到这会成为他的弱点。

Several of the ships escaped the hangar.Queen Amidala left for the palace to complete the next step of the plan that I must now ruefully admit was rather bold.It depended too much on luck,but the outcome proves the plan,doesn't it?

有几艘船逃离了机库。阿米达拉女王留在宫殿内继续她计划的下一步，我必须沮丧地承认，她相当的大胆。它太依靠运气了，但结果证明了它的可行，不是吗？

The Jedi remained to fight Lord Maul.No doubt they knew that he was the only one capable of stopping the Queen.

绝地拖住了摩尔尊主。毫无疑问他们知道他是唯一有能力阻止女王的人。

Here was Lord Maul's mistake: if he could not dispatch them quickly,he should have gone to the palace to deal with the Queen.I do not like the fact that she is still alive...

以下是摩尔尊主的错误：如果他无法迅速处理他们，他就应该立刻赶往宫殿去对付女王。我不喜欢她仍然活着的这个事实……

As for my disappointing apprentice,he met the Jedi in combat.From the report I received he fought well--brilliantly,in fact.It amuses me to think of the Jedi's surprise at the deadly skill of the Sith.Now they know that we have returned,and they must suspect they are no match for us.Fear must curdle inside them now.Fear is an unfamiliar feeling to a Jedi.

至于我那出人意料的学徒，他向绝地挑起了正面战斗。从我收到的报告来看——事实上，很杰出。绝地对于西斯致命技巧的惊讶让我感到可笑。现在他们知道我们回来了，他们不得不怀疑自己不是我们的对手。恐惧已经在他们心中扎根。对绝地来说恐惧是陌生的。

Now they must live with it.

现在他们必须伴随它生活了。

The battle began in the hangar.Darth Maul activated his double-ended lightsaber,a weapon he fashioned himself under my supervision.In his hands this weapon was flawless--or so I thought.

战斗开始于机库。达斯·摩尔启动了他的双头光剑，一把在我监督下他独立完成的武器。他与它配合得天衣无缝——我曾这么认为。

He made the Jedi run.They had to use everything they knew and more to meet his skill.They went at him,two on one,and they could not defeat him.No doubt Maul used his formidable dark powers to blunt their use of the Force.

他驱赶着绝地。他们被迫用上毕生所学来对抗他的技巧。他们冲向他，二对一，他们无法打败他。毫无疑问摩尔强大的黑暗力量使他们的原力技巧相形见绌。

The battle raged out of the hangar and into the Theed main power generator.It is built with catwalks that run around many levels.Now they were alone,fighting what they all knew would be a death fight.

战场从机库转至希德主反应堆。它建有数层分布呈网状的狭窄过道。现在没有人打扰他们，他们都知道这是一场生死对决。

You wonder how I know what transpired here.It is my job to know everything that affects my plan to take over the galaxy.There are ways to find out anything.Even what lies in the hearts and minds of living beings.My knowledge gives me power.And I do not need to reveal how I come by it.

你一定想知道我是如何知晓一切的。了解一切影响到我掌控银河系计划的事情是我的职责。任何东西都有办法被查明，甚至众生的心灵与思想。我的知识给予我力量。我也不需要透露我是怎样得到的。

Qui-Gon Jinn took the lead.A powerful warrior,I suspect he surprised Maul with his stamina.At one point Qui-Gon scored a hit and Maul fell several levels.But by the time the Jedi jumped down to engage him again,my apprentice had gained his feet and fought back with not one bit of energy displaced.

奎刚·金带头进攻。他是个强大的战士，我猜他一定为摩尔充沛的体力所惊讶。奎刚击中了摩尔并使他向下摔了几层。但这时候绝地却跳了下去继续与他战斗，我的学徒已经站稳脚跟并丝毫不受影响地进行着反击。

Lord Maul should have told me about his battle with the Togorian pirates.I have read his journal,and I see that he kept a secret from me.If I had known about his leg wound,would I have given different orders,arranged for a backup?

摩尔尊主应该告诉我他与托戈里亚海盗的战斗。我刚读过他的日记，并发现他向我隐瞒了一个秘密。如果我早知道他的腿伤，也许我会下一个不同的命令，让他以后援的身份出现？

No.I am sure Maul was at his peak when he fought the Jedi.His error was of miscalculation,not weakness.A mental failing,not a physical one.Whether I could have foreseen that is a question I cannot answer.

我不会。我敢肯定当他遭遇绝地时，他就会处于实力的顶峰。他犯的错误是误判，而不是弱小。是心理而非生理的失败。我无法回答我是否已经预见到了这一点。

There aren't many of those.

这就是全部。

At last the battle reached a hallway of deadly laser walls.The force fields separated the Jedi from Maul,and from each other.They had to wait until the walls retracted before engaging in the next stage of the battle.

战斗的最后阶段在充满致命的激光墙的走廊中。护盾将绝地与摩尔分离开，也将两个绝地分离开。他们只好等待护盾的解除才能进入下一阶段的战斗。

I do not know if it was luck or skill that set the stage for the final confrontation.Did Maul succeed in separating the Jedi,or did he take advantage of a situation he found himself in?Either way,he performed well.

我不知道是运气还是技巧使那里成为了战斗的最终舞台。是摩尔成功地拆散了绝地，还是他不经意间进入了有利地位？不管怎样，他干的很好。

Now he was one-on-one with Qui-Gon Jinn.A frustrated Obi-Wan was trapped behind the energy walls.It must have been a source of satisfaction for Maul to meet Qui-Gon again.I know he felt shame at his failure on Tatooine.Here was vindication and pleasure for him,a sweet triumph.My apprentice always did receive a peculiar joy from battle.

现在他与奎刚·金一对一战斗。沮丧的欧比旺被困在了能量墙后。摩尔与奎刚的重逢一定使他非常满意。我知道他在塔图因失败后内心充满耻辱。而这场对决正能使他血洗前耻并获得甜蜜的胜利。我的学徒总能在战斗中收获一种特殊的快感。

The duel escalated to a ferocity that taxed the powers of the Jedi Maul,I am sure,was under control at all times.

战斗变得愈发凶猛并消耗着绝地和摩尔的力量，我敢肯定，这一切都在他的掌控之下。

Do not neglect old tricks,apprentice.They work.

别忽略那些老把戏，徒弟。它们很管用。

The battle with Qui-Gon ended with a simple move,a trick: Using the hilt of a lightsaber to knock an opponent under the chin.Maul usually disdained such blunt maneuvers.He is--was--an elegant fighter.Precise.But when he saw his opening,no doubt he remembered my lesson.

与奎刚的战斗以一个简单的动作结束，一个小把戏：用光剑的剑柄敲击对手的下巴。摩尔通常很蔑视这样的行为。他是个——曾经是个——优雅的斗士。他一丝不苟。但当他发现对手的破绽时，毫无疑问他记起了我的教诲。

A blow to Qui-Gon's chin left him dazed.

向着奎刚下巴的一击打懵了他。

Push your advantage always.

永远要把握住你的优势。

Maul's lightsaber whirled,and ran Qui-Gon Jinn through.The Jedi Master fell.

摩尔挥舞起光剑，直直地刺穿了奎刚·金。绝地大师倒下了。

I can imagine young Obi-Wan's scream.If I chuckle,it is only because the arrogance of the Jedi order infuriates me.How I love to deflate them.How much delicious pleasure I get from picturing that moment,when the apprentice saw the Master fall.

我能想象到年轻的欧比旺的尖叫。如果你听到我笑了，那只是因为绝地武士团的傲慢自大激怒了我。我多么喜欢让他们泄气啊。想象着那一瞬间，徒弟看到师父倒下的那一瞬间的样子，让我感到了多么美味的快乐啊。

This was my victory as much as Lord Maul's,for it was thanks to my teaching,my training,that he was able to defeat the great Qui-Gon Jinn.

这是摩尔尊主的胜利，也是我的胜利，多亏了我的教导，我的训练，他才能够打败伟大的奎刚·金。

The defeat of such an opponent should have cooled his mind,sharpened his focus.But instead.Maul met his undoing: the young Obi-Wan Kenobi.I am sure Maul knew the apprentice would attack with great savagery on behalf of his Master.He would have been prepared for that.

这样一个对手的失败让他的心灵更加冰冷，注意力更加集中。但摩尔遇到了他的灾星：年轻的欧比旺·克诺比。我敢肯定摩尔知道绝地学徒会因为师父的倒下而发狂般攻击。他会准备好面对这一点。

But I fear that Maul underestimated Obi-Wan's control.At first,Maul was winning.The defeat of Obi-Wan was in his grasp.Maul knocked him into the melting pit.Obi-Wan hung by a small nozzle that protruded from the sheer wall.It would have been an easy job to dislodge his grip,knock him thousands of meters down into the pit,and end the life of another nuisance of a Jedi.

但我担心摩尔低估了欧比旺的掌控力。最初，摩尔占着上风。他稳操胜券。摩尔将他敲进了熔化井。欧比旺抓住了垂直洞壁上突出的一个排气口。想要破坏他的抓握，让他掉进几千米深的洞里，结束这个碍事绝地的生命本应很简单。

Instead,Maul gloated.He contemptuously kicked Obi-Wan's lightsaber into the pit.He paced in front of the stricken Jedi,snarling.No doubt my apprentice wanted to savor the moment.Against all my teaching,he hesitated in order to revel in his triumph.

然而摩尔却洋洋得意地瞧着他。他轻蔑地把欧比旺的光剑踢进了坑里。他在受困的绝地周围闲庭信步，纠结着。毫无疑问我的学徒想尽情享受这一时刻。违反了我所有的教诲，他踌躇着，陶醉于自己的成功。

The battle is not over until your opponent is dead.

对手未亡，则战斗不止。

How often had I drilled that into him?

我向他灌输过多少次？

Obi-Wan called on the Force.He leaped from the pit,Qui-Gon's lightsaber flying to his hand.Maul did not have enough time to parry the blow that must have been the last,great surprise of his life.

欧比旺呼唤着原力。他跳出坑道，奎刚·金的光剑飞进他的手中。摩尔没有时间挡下这必须被挡住的一击，这是他生命中最后的惊讶。

My worthy apprentice failed me in the end.He fell into the melting pit.I am glad,at least,that his body was consumed.If there must be an end,it is a fitting one.

在最后关头，我那能干的学徒辜负了我。他掉进了熔化井。我很欣慰，至少，他尸骨无存。如果一定要有个结局，这样就很合适。

Time and again I told him not to underestimate the Jedi.At the end,he did.Now he is dispersed to the far ends of the galaxy.

我反复告诫自己不要低估绝地。而最终，他低估了他们。现在他已经飘散在银河系中了。

Meanwhile,the Queen had invaded the palace.She tricked Rune and Nute by using a decoy.Just remembering this makes me feel weary.I could always count on Neimoidlan stupidity,but usually it worked to my advantage.

同时，女王攻入了宫殿。她用一个替身耍了卢恩和纽特。只是想起这件事就让我火大。内莫伊迪亚人的愚蠢无可置疑，但它也经常为我所用。

Another battle raged overhoad,high in the atmosphere of Naboo.Starfighters tried to hit the main control ship piloted by the Neimoidians.One of the starfighters was piloted by the slave boy Qui-Gon Jinn had spirited off Tatooine for some foolish compassionate reason.This boy managed to penetrate the control ship.He blew the reactor.I do not believe this was dumb luck.I will watch this boy.Maul,too,felt the Force in him.The question is whether it is too late for him to control it.

天空中另有一场战斗，在纳布的轨道上。纳布星际战斗机试图破坏由内莫伊迪亚船员驾驶的主控舰。其中一架星际战斗机的驾驶员是个被奎刚·金因为蠢笨的怜悯而从塔图因上拐走的奴隶男孩。这个男孩设法飞入了控制舰的内部。他炸了反应堆。我绝不相信这是什么愚蠢的运气。我将密切注视这个男孩。摩尔也在他身上感受到了原力。现在的问题是让他学会控制这股力量是否已经太晚了。

The battle droids collapsed back on Naboo.The destroyer droids deactivated at the palace.The Queen held Nute Gunray.The government was back in her hands.

纳布的战斗机器人倒下了。宫殿里的毁灭者机器人也停机了。女王抓住了纽特·冈雷。政府也回到了她的手中。

Defeated by a young boy,a naive girl,and a Jedi apprentice.It was not a good day.

被一个小屁孩，一个野丫头，和一个绝地学徒击败。这绝不是个好日子。

But it is merely a setback,already in the past.Now the Jedi know that the Sith are still operating.No doubt they will strategize,plan to move against me.No matter.I will defeat them.I feel contempt for all of them: Yoda,Mace Windu,the young Obi-Wan.But I will not make the mistake of my apprentice.I will never forget that they can get lucky.

但这仅仅是一个挫折，已经成为过去。现在绝地已经知道西斯仍然延续着。毫无疑问他们将制定计划来对付我。没关系。我会打败他们。我蔑视他们所有人：尤达，梅斯·温杜，年轻的欧比旺。但我不会重蹈徒弟的覆辙。我永远不会忘记，就算是他们也会走运。

I do not know what to do with this account.Perhaps I will enter it into the Sith archives.Perhaps I will destroy it.It is a record of miscalculation more than anything.Lord Maul thought he was leaving a record of his cleverness and bravery.Instead,it is a record of his vanity and weakness.

我不知道该怎么处理这份档案。或许我该把它收入西斯档案馆。或许我该销毁它。它只是一份误算报告而已。摩尔尊主觉得他留下了一份记载着他智慧与勇气的档案。相反，这里只记录着他的虚荣和弱小。

Maul made mistakes of impatience and temper.In the end,he had been too hungry for victory.He had failed to expect the resilience of Obi-Wan Kenobi.He allowed his feeling of triumph to distract him.

摩尔犯了没有耐心和暴躁的错误。在最后，他过于渴望胜利。他没有料到欧比旺·克诺比的恢复能力之强。他放纵自己的胜利感，分散了自己的注意力。

I,too,made a mistake.Perhaps Maul was not the best choice.For my next apprentice,I will choose more carefully.There must be hate and fear in him.There must be something in his heart that has gone cold,something that I can work on to expand into ruthlessness.But there must be great cunning and intelligence as well.

我，也一样，犯了个错误。也许摩尔并不是最好的选项。对于我的下个学徒，我将更谨慎地选择。他的心中必须有仇恨与恐惧。他的心中必须有能使他变得冷酷，能由我为其扩张至残酷的东西。但他同时也必须拥有伟大的谋略和狡诈的思维。

The next apprentice will make no mistakes.

下个学徒将不会再犯错误。

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